Trunk-fixture



Nrrcn STATES trice.

CHARLES A. TAYLOR, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. l

TRUNK-FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,597, dated January 1, 1889.

Application filed March 23, 1888. Serial No. 268,254. (No model.)

To all ufz/om, it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, CHARLEs A. TAYLOR, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunk-Fixtures, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon.

The object oit' my invention is to provide a simple fixture for trunks, by means of which the lid of the trunk and likewise ol' the tray can easily be maintainedin an open position, and by means of which the tray can be kept closed up into the lid of the trunk when it is desired to get into the body thereof, substantially as hereinafter fully described, and as illustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure l is a side elevation of a trunk with its cover and the cover of the tray therein maintained in an open position by means of my improvements. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of an opened trunk, showing the tray swung up into the lid and maintained there. Figs. 3, l, and 5 show the several constructions of my improved lixture used in a trunk, and Figz is a view of a modilied `form oi' said fixture.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the body of a trunk, B the lid thereof, and C the tray, constructed and set within said body in the usual manner. As is well known to trunkmakers and those who have much necessity for using trunks with trays in them, when the lid open and the tray is swung up into the same and semired therein, as shown in lig. 2, theweight oli' the tray often causes the lid to drop. I avoid this by a simple brace, l), which is pivotally secured to the inner surface of the endlol' the lid near its point of oscillation, and which has a lateral flange, l1', projecting` outward .from it which terminates before it reaches the ends thereof. The outer end of this ange, when the lid is open, rests upon the upper edge of the end ol the body ol' the trunk and forms an effective brace, substantially as shown in Figs. l, 2, and 4a. In order to prevent the lower end ot' the flange from slipping along the edge of the trunk which it rests upon when the lid is open, I prefer to provide a small projection or protuberance, c, against which the said edge abuts.

In order to maintain the tra-y of 'the trunk in an open posi.tion-tl1at is, swung up into the lid, as shown in Fig. BMI pivotally secure to the end of .the tray, near the bottom thereof, the oscillating brace (l. This brace (l has a laterally-projecting stud, (l, near its free end, which rests upon the upper edge of the end of the body of the trunk, and when the tray is opened drops into a suitable transverse notch, e, therein, thus [forming a brace to maintain said tray open.

I) represents a brace, which is pivotally secured to the upper surface of the lid ot' the tray,neariits end edge, by means of the stud j, proj ecting laterally from its upper end, which is journaled in the knuckle-plate G, secured to said lid. .Near the lower end ol' Athis brace projects laterally an l shaped linger, F, which, when said brace is secured to the lid of the tray, as shown in Fig. l, rests and rides along the upper edge of said tray above which said brace is pivoted. These three braces d, b, and D are substantially the same in con struction, as shown in lfigs. 3, i, and 5, respectively, and all are modications of the same idea. I do not wish, however, to be confined to the exact construction shown, as itis obvious that other modifications would be suggested thereby. For instance, in Fig. (i I show an oscillating brace, t which mis pivoted to the under snrfaceoif the tray, near one of its rear corners, and which has its lower end so weighti-al that when the trayis swung up into the Vlid of the trunk it oscillates outward over the edge oi' the end of the body of the same, th ns preventin the tray 4from closing into the .trunk until it has been oscillated black from oit' the edge oli' said trunk.

The braces d, l), and D are manipulated to permit the lid of the trunk or the tray tolclose down to their original positions by simply moving their free ends toward the front of the trunk.

VIhat I claim is l. The combination, with the body of a trunk and lid hinged to the rear upper edge thereof, oli' a brace, Z), pivotally secured to the inner wall oi' the lid near its pivotal point and extending a suitable length, as shown, and having projecting outward a lateral rib or Vfi ange which terminates at a point near its end, which liange rests between the meeting TOO edges of the lid and body when said trunk is elosed,and the end of which 'forms ashoulder that rests upon the uppeil side edge oli' the body when the lid is open.

2. The Combination, in a irunk, ol' the body part thereo t, the ll id th ereo', and a tra \v hinged at the back to the rear upper edge of said body, with a brace, d, pivorally secured at a suitable point to the side edge o'l said tray, near the bottoni thereof, having a pro'jeeting stud near the outer end whieh rests upon the upper side edge oi' the hody of the trunk, which is provided. with a transverse noieh to afford a purehase 'orsaid sind when said tray is open.

Si. The eo'nil ination, vwith the body ol a trunk, the lid thereof, the tray hinged to the rear upper edge of said body, the lid of said tray hinged to the rear upper edge of said tray, and the knuckle-plate G, secured tothe upper surface of said lid next the side edge, ol' the brace D, having a stud, f, projecting laterally and journaled in the knuckles of said plate G, so as to oseillate alongside of said edge of the lid, and having an inwardlyprojeeting finger, F, which projects inward and rests upon the upper side edge of the tray, so that when the tray-lid is open the gravity of said hraee keeps the finger resting upon the adjacent edge of the tray, and When the lid is opened as far as desired maintains it open.

' CHARLES A. TAYLOR. yWitnesses:

SAMUEL THoMPsoN,

'FRANK D. THoMAsoN. 

